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Italy: farm gate milk price and retail milk price
This page shows, in the given period, the comparison between farm gate milk price and retail fresh pasteurised milk price in Italy .

The graph evidences the remarkable question about the difference of the two prices, mainly due to the new type of retailing.

Some considerations may be made:

The retail milk price is the result of the economic return gained by each "milk player" (farmers, processors, retailers):
  • The Italian milk farmers have steady improved the milk quality investing in:
    • selecting genetically the cattle,
    • feeding research and
    • managing properly the farm in order to grant the well being of the animals and an optimal hygiene sanitary environment;

  • The Processors (manufacture companies) duly check and preserve milk quality and are in charge of :
    • heat treatment and packaging,
    • the logistic delivery plan, widening their own presence on the national territory
    • the advertising and marketing of the products calling in from the market the products next to expiry ("resi")

  • The Giant Retailers in Italy, last player of the "milk chain" has progressively replaced the boutiques/shops with regard to milk distribution. They have aided the widespread all dairy products all over the Italian territory.
 
Month 2024 2025 2026 ± on prev.
month. 		± % from
2025
January 50,00 59,00 (e)50,50 -9,01% -14,41%
February 50,00 60,00 (e)50,00 -0,99% -16,67%
March 50,50 60,00 (e)49,50 -1,00% -17,50%
April 51,50 60,00 (e)47,00 -5,05% -21,67%
May 51,50 60,00 (e)47,00 0,00% -21,67%
June 52,50 60,00 (e)47,50 +1,06% -20,83%
July 53,50 60,00  
August 54,00 60,00  
September 54,50 59,50  
October 55,00 58,00  
November 56,00 57,00  
December 57,50 55,50  
Jan-Jun 51,00 59,83 48,58
Change¹ % -8,38% +17,32% -18,80%
Average 53,04 59,08
Change¹ % +0,47% +11,39%
Last Update:15-07-2026
1) change from the same period of previous year
The monthly, cumulative and annual prices are arithmetic averages calculated on the basis of the weekly prices
*: Euro per 100 lt. 3,7% fat and 3,25% proteins.
(e) = estimated price
Source: Processed by CLAL
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Month 2024 2025 2026 ± on prev.
month. 		± % from
2025
January 175,00 176,00 179,00 0,00% +1,70%
February 174,00 176,00 178,00 -0,56% +1,14%
March 174,00 176,00 177,00 -0,56% +0,57%
April 174,00 177,00 177,00 0,00% 0,00%
May 173,00 178,00 177,00 0,00% -0,56%
June 173,00 178,00  
July 174,00 180,00  
August 175,00 181,00  
September 175,00 180,00  
October 174,00 179,00  
November 175,00 179,00  
December 175,00 179,00  
Jan-May 174,00 176,60 177,60
Change¹ % -1,36% +1,49% +0,57%
Average 174,25 178,25
Change¹ % -1,09% +2,30%
Last Update:07-07-2026
1) change from the same period of previous year
The monthly, cumulative and annual prices are arithmetic averages calculated on the basis of the weekly prices
Source: Milan Municipality; since January 2014 monthly average prices provided by the Ministry of Industry; Since January 2018 processed by CLAL
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